Sermons & Divrei Torah

Senior Rabbinic Fellow Joe Blumberg reflects on the Torah’s radical vision of the Jubilee year: a system that resets the economy every fifty years. More than freeing the enslaved and forgiving debts, the Jubilee year is a powerful reminder that in a world driven by achievement and accumulation, we are ultimately caretakers, not owners.

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BJ Rabbinic Fellow Iliana Brodsky takes a troubling passage from Leviticus and turns it into something beautiful — a reflection on what allows us to truly trust and connect with one another, even across every difference.

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Former Rabbinic Fellow, Rabbi Dara Frimmer, reflects: when religion becomes spectacle, Torah calls us back to what matters most: humility, accountability, and shared responsibility.

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Rabbi Roly Matalon shares that too often language is misused, especially in the name of what is holy. Drawing on the wisdom of our tradition, he reminds us that on Shabbat we are called to be especially mindful of our speech. What would it mean to carry that consciousness into every day, using our words not as tools of harm, but instead as vessels for elevating one another?

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Rabbi Deena Cowans reflects on the awe that arises when we stand before something vast and unknown. From the fire of the Mishkan to astronauts circling the moon, these moments remind us that fear and joy often arrive together when we encounter the sacred.

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In a special pre-Passover conversation, Rabbi Roly Matalon and Rabbi Felicia Sol explored how the Haggadah’s questions about freedom, responsibility, and compassion resonate amid war, rising antisemitism, and moral challenges in our own times.

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